No rest for Kyrgios, who books spot in second round and meets Medvedev next !

Australian Nick Kyrgios advanced to the second round of the Montreal Masters by winning against Argentinian Sebastian Baez 6-4, 6-4 at Stade IGA on Tuesday. Kyrgios will meet Daniil Medvedev, seed number one, in the most expected clash of the draw. Medvedev won at Los Cabos last week-end while Kyrgios won at Washington.

Notable fact : Kyrgios was broken for the fist time since Wimbledon final. He lead 5-2 with two breaks in the first set when his lost a service game.

“Medvedev is coming from a title too and he is the No 1 in the world” Kyrgios said. “It’s not like the rankings mean too much as the guy I played today is ranked ahead of me. But Medvedev is a machine.”

Montreal Masters 1000, other first-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 6.573.785, most recent results first):

• David Goffin vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas : Tuesday
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: Tuesday
• Andy Murray vs. Taylor Fritz: Tuesday
• Benoit Paire vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: Tuesday
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Botic van de Zandschulp: Tuesday
• Cameron Norrie vs. Brandon Nakashima: Tuesday
• Roberto Bautista Agut (14) beat Marcos Giron (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Benjamin Bonzi: tuesday
• Fabio Fognini vs. Holger Rune: tuesday
• Alex De Minaur beat Denis Shapovalov: 7-5, 7-6 (4)
• Jack Draper (Q) beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Daniel Evans beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
• Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (15) beat Alexis Galarneau (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Gael Monfils (17) beat Pedro Martinez: 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2
• Marin Čilić (13) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 6-2
• Maxime Cressy beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 6-4
• Tommy Paul beat Vasek Pospisil (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Matteo Berrettini (11): 6-3, 6-2
• Jenson Brooksby beat Alexander Bublik: 6-2, 6-3
• Alex Molcan beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov beat Francisco Cerundolo: 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3

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